Cable News Ratings Friday January 6: 11th Hour Speaker Drama Leads to Fox News, CNN Wins

Mediaite StaffJan 9th, 2023, 4:54 pm
 

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As Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) battle to become Speaker of the House entered the 11th hour on Friday night, cable news ratings scored by in the ratings.

Fox News at Night, special programming for the speaker votes, won in total viewers with a whopping 3.42 million total viewers at 11 p.m.

CNN Tonight, meanwhile, scored a big win in the key 25-54 age demographic. CNN raked in 575,000 demo viewers at 11 p.m. — topping Fox News’s 523,000 and MSNBC’s 388,000.

Here is a full breakdown of Friday’s cable news ratings by show:

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
844		 CNN THIS MORNING:
426		 MORNING JOE:
959		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
28		 EARLY MORNING:
11
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1216		 CNN THIS MORNING:
503		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
90		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
26
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1505		 CNN THIS MORNING:
556		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1649		 CNN NEWSROOM:
687		 MORNING JOE:
1067		 NATIONAL REPORT:
150		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1468		 CNN NEWSROOM:
841		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
905		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
57
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1732		 AT THIS HOUR:
884		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
932		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1868		 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
1358		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
1410		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
204		 BLUE BLOODS:
100
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
2060		 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
1448		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
1486		 — BLUE BLOODS:
175
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
2031		 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
1391		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
1437		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
233		 BLUE BLOODS:
214
3p STORY, THE:
1652 [3:10 PM-3:59 PM]		 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
1393		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
1600 [2:40 PM-3:24 PM]		 — BLUE BLOODS:
265
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1689		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1106		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1615		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
302		 BLUE BLOODS:
301
5p FIVE, THE:
3220		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
996		 — SPICER & CO:
243		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
143
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2391		 SITUATION ROOM:
875		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1615		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
221		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
92
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2621		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
1072		 REIDOUT:
1440		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
243		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
70
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3213		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1062		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1528		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
209		 CUOMO:
151
9p HANNITY:
2515		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1018		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1510		 PRIME NEWS:
138		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
62
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2717		 CNN TONIGHT:
1473		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1880		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
253		 BANFIELD:
87
11p FOX NEWS AT NIGHT:
3423		 CNN TONIGHT:
2095		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
2492		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
266		 CUOMO:
71

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
108		 CNN THIS MORNING:
76		 MORNING JOE:
118		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
0		 EARLY MORNING:
2
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
167		 CNN THIS MORNING:
89		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
5		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
3
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
205		 CNN THIS MORNING:
115		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
239		 CNN NEWSROOM:
123		 MORNING JOE:
119		 NATIONAL REPORT:
11		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
211		 CNN NEWSROOM:
145		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
112		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
5
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
237		 AT THIS HOUR:
159		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
114		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
262		 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
274		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
168		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
17		 BLUE BLOODS:
8
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
275		 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
321		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
183		 — BLUE BLOODS:
17
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
321		 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
312		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
187		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
29		 BLUE BLOODS:
29
3p STORY, THE:
239 [3:10 PM-3:59 PM]		 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
287		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
205 [2:40 PM-3:24 PM]		 — BLUE BLOODS:
38
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
229		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
248		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
196		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
35		 BLUE BLOODS:
39
5p FIVE, THE:
380		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
224		 — SPICER & CO:
19		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
18
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
313		 SITUATION ROOM:
242		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
191		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
23		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
12
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
282		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
327		 REIDOUT:
183		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
18		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
7
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
368		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
262		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
179		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
6		 CUOMO:
21
9p HANNITY:
253		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
224		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
159		 PRIME NEWS:
7		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
4
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
345		 CNN TONIGHT:
341		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
257		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
22		 BANFIELD:
17
11p FOX NEWS AT NIGHT:
523		 CNN TONIGHT:
575		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
388		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
29		 CUOMO:
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As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 demo.

Total viewers:

CNN: 1.05 million

Fox News: 2.05 million

MSNBC: 1.37 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 244,000

Fox News: 281,000

MSNBC: 181,000

Here are the prime time averages — encompassing shows which air from 8-11 p.m. — in total viewers and the 25-54 demo.

Total viewers:

CNN: 1.18 million

Fox News: 2.82 million

MSNBC: 1.64 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 276,000

Fox News: 322,000

MSNBC: 198,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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